Stan Wawrinka survives Lukas Rosol scare to reach French Open second round | Sport | The Guardian Stan Wawrinka survives Lukas Rosol scare to reach French Open second round • Reigning champion wins 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 • Third seed Wawrinka battles back from 2-1 down to progress Stan Wawrinka celebrates his victory against Lukas Rosol at Roland Garros.

Photograph: Mike Frey/BPI/REX/Shutterstock Stan Wawrinka survives Lukas Rosol scare to reach French Open second round • Reigning champion wins 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 • Third seed Wawrinka battles back from 2-1 down to progress Kevin Mitchell at Roland Garros Monday 23 May 2016 11.09 EDT Last modified on Monday 23 May 2016 17.00 EDT Close This article is 8 months old Lukas Rosol might not be the most popular player in tennis, but he will always be one of the most dangerous, as the defending French Open champion, Stan Wawrinka , was reminded when, just two days after arriving in Paris from Geneva, he took five gruelling sets to get rid of the most stubborn Czech since Vaclav Havel. French Open 2016: Murray, Watson in action on day two – live!

Read more Wawrinka, seeded third here after the withdrawal of his compatriot Roger Federer, beat Rosol last week on the way to winning the Geneva Open, his first on home soil in 11 years and just 28 miles from where he grew up. As he remarked after arriving at Roland Garros, he very much enjoyed the hospitality of his Swiss fans. However, it put enormous pressure on his schedule, and he was caught cold in a stuttering first set before grinding out a 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against a player who, as a junior, was regarded as not far behind Rafael Nadal and Richard Gasquet. Rosol, who famously beat Nadal in the second round at Wimbledon four years ago and put out the then world No8, Jürgen Melzer, here in 2008, has slipped a bit since, and came to the draw ranked 68 in the world, but he invariably brings an unsettling edginess to his tennis.

In the space of a week last summer, he snubbed Guillermo García-López at the net after their match in Bucharest, then so angered Andy Murray in Munich that the Scot was heard to say to him at one changeover, “Everyone hates you.” For three hours and 11 minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier , Wawrinka probably did not harbour the warmest of feelings towards Rosol, although there was no discernible rancour beyond the usual sulking that professionals indulge in, on a cool day of whipping wind and drizzle. Indoors, meanwhile, the tournament director, Guy Forget, played as deft a hand in front of the microphone as he once did with a racket when addressing the sluggardly progress on putting a roof over the main court, as well as extending the space of the game’s most cramped slam tournament. “While Wimbledon, Melbourne and New York have the new roof, we’ll have to wait until 2020 to have ours,” Forget admitted.

As fans crammed into any available covered space outside to shelter from the elements, Forget offered a not altogether novel excuse for the delayed project: “Welcome to France.” Rain on day one had wiped out eight men’s matches and interrupted three more, while 22 of 32 women’s matches were incomplete. The forecast is better for the next couple of days, then dire again on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. While clay is a more accommodating surface than either grass or hardcourt in bad weather, the lack of a covered court was again embarrassing for the hosts. Wawrinka took time to warm-up (in common with everyone in a 50-mile radius, it has to be said) and looked grooved in dismissing Rosol for the loss of just one game in the second set. But his level dipped again and he looked anything but a slam champion as Rosol went ahead after three sets. Just as Rosol contemplated another upset, Wawrinka unfurled a glorious backhand that almost sliced his static opponent in two to break for 5-3 in the fourth, and he went on to level at two sets apiece.

The deciding set began two and a half hours after the first delayed exchanges, as the light picked up, in keeping with Wawrinka’s spirits. Andy Murray admits feeling ‘embarrassed’ at on-court behaviour Read more Trusting that powerful right arm and his single-handed backhand – much as he did by ignoring a ragged start to blast Novak Djokovic off the court in last year’s final – he broke the temperamental Rosol in the third game and forged on to the line in style, although he could have done without blowing two match points in the ninth game and another in the 10th before an angled backhand volley finished the job. In the second round, Wawrinka might have a less stressful engagement against the American-based Japanese Davis Cupper, Taro Daniel, who came from two sets down to beat the experienced Slovakian clay-courter, Martin Klizan, on a retirement when leading 3-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 3-0 on Court No4.

On Court No3, what might have been a genuine surprise a year or so ago – Viktor Troicki beating Grigor Dimitrov 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in three hours and 45 minutes – passed with barely a murmur. The Bulgarian has won 29 and lost 20 matches since he split with Maria Sharapova after Wimbledon last year. He was No11 in the world mid-summer, 2015, and has tumbled to No36.

Rafael Nadal falls to shock Wimbledon defeat by Lukas Rosol - BBC Sport BBC Sport Rafael Nadal falls to shock Wimbledon defeat by Lukas Rosol 28 Jun 2012 Media playback is not supported on this device Wimbledon 2012: Rafael Nadal toppled by Lukas Rosol WIMBLEDON 25 June - 8 July Coverage: Live on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC HD Channel, red button, BBC Radio 5 live, mobiles, tablet and the BBC Sport website Two-time Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal was handed a shock second-round defeat by world number 100 Lukas Rosol in a five-set thriller. Nadal could not contain a barrage of relentless, brutal groundstrokes from the Czech, 26, on his Wimbledon debut. Rosol moved into a two-one lead but Nadal fought back to win the fourth. Wimbledon shocks In 2002, world number 145 George Bastl beat seven-time Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras in five sets after receiving a wildcard into the draw.

In 2003, defending champion Lleyton Hewitt was beaten in the first round by world number 203 Ivo Karlovic. Hewitt became the first defending Wimbledon champion since tennis turned professional in 1968 to lose in the first round. An unseeded 17-year-old Boris Becker became the youngest winner of the men's singles at Wimbledon in 1985, and retained his crown 12 months later, but suffered a shock second-round defeat by Australian Peter Doohan in 1987. Richard Krajicek beat Pete Sampras in the 1996 quarter-final before going on to become the first Dutchman to win Wimbledon. That was Sampras's only loss at the tournament between 1993 and 2001. Three-time Wimbledon runner-up Goran Ivanisevic won the title in 2001 to become the lowest-ranked player and only wildcard to win Wimbledon. Play was suspended while the roof was closed and it was Rosol who settled first to win the final set and the match 6-7 (9-11) 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4.

The result now opens up the draw for Britain's world number four Andy Murray, who was seeded to meet the Spaniard in the semi-final and beat Ivo Karlovic in four sets earlier in the day. Rosol, who is making his main draw debut at Wimbledon after losing in the first round of qualifying for the last five years, will play Philipp Kohlschreiber next after the German beat Malek Jaziri of Tunisia. It was the first time Nadal had lost before the third round of a Grand Slam since he was beaten by Gilles Mueller in the second round at Wimbledon in 2005. Nadal, who won the Wimbledon title in 2008 and 2010, arrived at the All England Club in good form having sealed his seventh French Open title. Rosol, meanwhile, has never got past the third round of a Grand Slam and has remained a relative unknown since turning pro in 2004, although he was ranked as high as 65 last year. "I don't know what to say," Rosol told BBC Sport. "I'm not just surprised but it's like a miracle. I never expected something like this.

There are so many emotions - I don't know what to say. "[Nadal] is a superstar and I'm very sorry for him. I played unbelievably today. I hope I can play another match like this. "I'm very happy for my support. Before the match I was thinking to play three good sets so I don't lose 3-0. "I know Nadal is only human. Nadal played a good match but I think I was a little bit better." Analysis "These great championships have produced huge, huge upsets, but this is one of the greatest in history. How typical of Nadal. At one of his lowest moments, he is still signing autographs. It's a mark of the gentleman he is and the sportsman he is. But he wasn't good enough on the day. And for Lukas Rosol to be ranked 100 in the world is a joke." Nadal, who had to overcome a slow start to beat Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in the first round, struggled with his groundstrokes in the first set but managed to steal the tie-break 11-9 with a blistering forehand winner.

Undeterred, Rosol continued to go for his shots, breaking Nadal in the first game and holding on to win the set 6-4 with some tremendous hitting. The Czech seemed oblivious to the enormity of the situation as he continued his ferocious hitting from all over the court to take an early break and then the set to lead 2-1. However, mistakes began to creep into the 26-year-old Rosol's game and 11-time Grand Slam winner Nadal pounced, breaking twice to force a decider. With the light deteriorating, officials decided to halt the match and close the roof to allow the match to reach a conclusion. The players returned 43 minutes later, with Rosol breaking Nadal immediately and then holding on to secure a famous victory on Centre Court just after 22:00 BST.

Lukas Rosol profile 2012 ATP tour win/loss record: 11/13 Career ATP tour win/loss record: 18-32 Australian Open: 1R (2012) Wimbledon: 2R (2012) US Open: 1R (2010/11) Afterwards, the Spaniard said: "I played a great fourth set. He came back [after the delay to close the roof] and played unbelievable in the fifth. "The only thing I can do is go back home and rest, and I need and deserve it." He added: "I'm very, very disappointed [but] it's not a tragedy, it's only a tennis match." Elsewhere, fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga overcame a first-set blip to beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 6-1 6-3 to set up a tie with Lukas Lacko.

Three-time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick progressed to the last 32 with with a comprehensive 6-3 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 victory over Bjorn Phau of Germany. The American has struggled for form this year but won his fifth grass-court title with victory at Eastbourne last week as a wildcard. The 30th seed, who has yet to drop a set in the tournament, hit 13 aces and only lost his serve once to progress to the third round round of a Grand Slam for the first time this year. He will now play Spanish seventh seed David Ferrer who also went through in straight sets, beating France's Kenny De Schepper 7-6 (7-1) 6-2 6-4. Marin Cilic, the 16th seed who won the Aegon Championships at the Queen's Club this month after David Nalbandian was disqualified, beat Lukasz Kubot 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 6-1 to set up a third-round tie against either Sam Querrey or Milos Raonic. The winner of that clash faces a potential match-up with Murray in the fourth round.

Thirteenth seed Gilles Simon, who has found himself in the headlines this week by saying men should be paid more than women because their events are more popular, lost 6-4 6-4 7-6 (7-5) to Xavier Malisse of Belgium. Nadal seeded No. 5 for Wimbledon | TENNIS.com Nadal seeded No. 5 for Wimbledon by: AP June 19, 2013 Tags: 2013 Wimbledon , Andy Murray , David Ferrer , Jo-Wilfried Tsonga , John Isner , Marin Cilic , Novak Djokovic , Rafael Nadal , Roger Federer AP Photo LONDON, England (AP)—If Rafael Nadal is going to win Wimbledon for a third time, he'll have to do it the hard way. Fresh from winning his eighth French Open, Nadal is seeded only No. 5 at Wimbledon — setting up the possibility of a quarterfinal match against title contenders Roger Federer , Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray . The All England Club released the seedings Wednesday for this year's grass-court Grand Slam, which starts Monday. The top five in the ATP rankings remain in their positions: Djokovic at No.

1, followed by Murray, Federer, David Ferrer and Nadal. Nadal slipped down the rankings after being sidelined for about seven months with a left knee injury following his surprise loss to Lukas Rosol in the second round at Wimbledon last year. The Spaniard has won seven of the nine tournaments he has entered in his comeback — including the French Open last month — but he still fell to No. 5 after Roland Garros behind the man he beat in the final — Ferrer. Wimbledon's seeding order is determined using the ATP rankings and points are added for achievements in grass-court tournaments in the past 12 months. The All England Club could have moved Nadal up to No. 4 ahead of Ferrer but decided to stick to the rankings. The women's seedings follow the WTA rankings, with five-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams at No. 1 and Victoria Azarenka at No. 2. Serena's sister, Venus Williams, withdrew Tuesday, citing a back injury. While Nadal was losing to then-No. 100 Rosol in one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history last year, Ferrer reached the quarterfinals for the first time in 10 attempts before losing in four sets to Murray.

Although clay is Ferrer's best surface, he has twice won the Dutch grass-court title at Rosmalen. However, he lost his first-round match there this year to Xavier Malisse on Tuesday. Nadal may have to beat all of the world's top three players if he is to add to his Wimbledon titles in 2008 and '10, two of the 12 Grand Slam championships. He will find out when the draw is held on Friday. ''I'd sign up to be in the quarterfinals against Rafa tomorrow if someone offered me that,'' Murray said in his column for the BBC website. ''You could say if I get through that match, then the semifinal might not be as tough, but if you want to win the biggest tournaments you have to beat the best players in the world. ''It doesn't really matter where they are in the draw.'' Jo-Wilfried Tsonga jumped one spot in the seedings to No. 6, with Tomas Berdych dropping a place to No. 7. Marin Cilic , runner-up at the Queen's Club tournament on Sunday, moves up to No. 10 from an ATP ranking of 12.

American player John Isner jumped from 21 to 18. Nadal avenges loss to Rosol in second round of Wimbledon | TENNIS.com Nadal avenges loss to Rosol in second round of Wimbledon by: AP June 26, 2014 AP Photo LONDON (AP) -- Not this time. Two years after being knocked out in the second round of Wimbledon by Lukas Rosol , Rafael Nadal found himself one point away from falling behind two sets to love to the same player on the same Centre Court in the same round Thursday. It looked like another huge upset was in the making. But the Spaniard ripped a forehand winner to erase the set point and Rosol double-faulted two points later to give Nadal the set. With that sudden shift in momentum, Nadal rallied for a 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-4 victory that sent him into the third round at the All England Club. ''The difference maybe is one point,'' the two-time champion said.

''Maybe if I lose that set point in the second set, if that forehand down the line went out, maybe (I) will be here with a loss. ''But that's the sport. That forehand was a perfect forehand for that moment.'' Rosol stunned Nadal in five sets in the second round in 2012, a match that finished under the closed Centre Court roof. While Nadal insisted he was not out for revenge, the way he dug himself out of trouble and celebrated with fist pumps and shouts of ''Vamos!'' showed how much winning this match meant to him. ''Today is another history, another story,'' he said. ''I needed to find the solution. Finally I did. That's the most important thing.'' Nadal came into Wimbledon after winning his ninth French Open title but his form on grass was in question. In addition to that loss to Rosol two years ago, he was upset in the first round last year by Steve Darcis and lost to Dustin Brown in a grass-court warm-up two weeks ago in Halle, Germany. ''This is a very important victory for me,'' Nadal said.

''To be in the third round here again after two, three years is very positive news, and I finished the match playing at a very high level.'' Nadal looked in danger again Thursday as the big-hitting, 6-foot-5 (1.96-meter) Czech kept going for big serves and forehands that kept the Spaniard at bay. After taking the first set, Rosol went up a break in the second before Nadal broke back to make it 4-4. Then came the tiebreaker that changed the course of the match. Rosol went up 5-4, with a chance to serve out the tiebreaker in the next two points. Nadal won the next point, forcing Rosol to miss a low half volley. Rosol served an ace to give him a set point at 6-5. Nadal then came up with the forehand winner to make it 6-6, Rosol missed a return on the next point, and then double-faulted into the net. While Nadal celebrated, his coach and uncle, Toni, leapt out of his seat in the guest box, shouted ''Vamos!'' and pumped his fist three times. From then on, Nadal was in charge.

He ran off 14 points in a row from the end of the third set to early in the fourth. While Nadal was made to work, five-time women's champion Serena Williams wasted no time in reaching the third round, routing Chanelle Scheepers 6-1, 6-1 in 49 minutes. Chasing her 18th Grand Slam title, the top-seeded American overwhelmed the 94th-ranked South African, hitting eight aces and notching 26 winners. ''I don't want to feel great necessarily right now because hopefully I have several more matches,'' Williams said. ''The goal for me is just to feel a little better every day.'' Maria Sharapova, the 2004 champion and fifth seed, beat Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-2, 6-1. Other seeded winners included No. 9 Angelique Kerber, No. 13 Eugenie Bouchard and No. 19 Sabine Lisicki.

In men's play, fifth-seeded Stan Wawrinka needed four sets to beat Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun, 7-6 (6), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Ninth-seeded John Isner - the last U.S. man in the tournament - hit 32 aces and won a marathon tiebreaker to beat Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 7-6 (17), 7-6 (3), 7-5. Australian teenager Nick Kyrgios saved nine match points before stopping No. 13 Richard Gasquet 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5, 10-8. Also advancing was No. 8 Milos Raonic and No. 14 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat Sam Querrey 14-12 in the fifth set of a match suspended Wednesday. For complete Wimbledon coverage, including updated draws and reports from Steve Tignor, head to our tournament page .

2 years later, Nadal gets past Rosol at Wimbledon 2 years later, Nadal gets past Rosol at Wimbledon HOWARD FENDRICH (AP Tennis Writer) Share View photos Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates as he defeated Lukas Rosol of Czech Republic in their men's singles match on Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Thursday, June 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) More LONDON (AP) -- Uncle Toni's reaction said it all. This one meant a lot to him and to the tennis player he coaches, his No. 1-ranked nephew Rafael Nadal , who was in a tough spot Thursday, one point from trailing two sets to none against the same guy he lost to - in the same stadium, same round - two years ago at Wimbledon. As the younger Nadal began turning things around, evening the match at a set apiece on his opponent's double-fault, the older Nadal dispensed with any sense of decorum, leaping out his Centre Court seat, punching the air, and shouting ''Vamos!'' From there, the ultimate result quickly became apparent.

Nadal came back to beat 52nd-ranked Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-4, returning to the third round at the All England Club for the first time since 2011. ''I didn't want to lose another time against a guy like this,'' Toni Nadal said. ''I don't like to lose against a player I find (unprofessional).'' In 2012's second round, Rosol was ranked 100th, and Nadal was on a streak of having reached the final in five consecutive Wimbledon appearances. The big-swinging, 6-foot-5 (1.96-meter) Rosol played an unrepentantly risky style that day, aiming for lines and putting shots where he wanted, pulling off a five-set victory. Rosol engaged in some gamesmanship then, including moving around while waiting to receive serves and, Toni said Thursday, making noise as Rafael was hitting shots. After the rematch, Rosol complained Nadal took too much time between points and lamented that the chair umpire didn't intervene.

Said Toni about Rosol: ''It's normal that we want to win, but it's true that for me, it's worse to lose with him than with another guy.'' Rafael, for his part, said he wasn't thinking about two years ago. Still, for nearly two full sets, it was hard not to recall that match because Rosol played similarly, hitting hard, flat strokes that didn't miss. When Rosol broke for a 3-2 lead in the second set with a cross-court backhand, he had a 24-9 edge in winners. Nadal broke back to 4-all, whirling around and throwing a celebratory uppercut, but again was in trouble at 6-5 in the tiebreaker. On that set point, Nadal whipped a winner he called ''a perfect forehand for that moment'' to get to 6-all. Two points later, Rosol plopped a second serve into the net for a double-fault that ceded the set, and said later: ''In the end, he was more lucky.'' Nadal probably would not agree with that assessment. He did agree about the significance of that sequence.

''The difference maybe is one point,'' said Nadal, who collected two of his 14 Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon but exited in the first round last year. ''Maybe if I lose that set point in the second set - if that forehand down the line went out - maybe (I) will be here with a loss.'' Instead, he raised the level of his play. He won 22 consecutive points on his serve, and moved better, bending so low his knee touched the grass on backhands. Nadal broke for a 2-1 lead in the third set, and again for a 1-0 lead in the fourth. ''If I had played the first set the way I did the last two, I would have won it, too, I think,'' Nadal said. Three seeded men lost, including No. 13 Richard Gasquet, who wasted nine match points and was beaten by 19-year-old Nick Kyrgios of Australia 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5, 10-8. Winners included No. 5 Stan Wawrinka, No. 8 Milos Raonic, No. 9 John Isner and No.

10 Kei Nishikori among the men, and past champions Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova among the women. Nadal's longtime rival, seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer, turned in a far more straightforward performance, delivering 25 aces in a 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 win over 103rd-ranked Gilles Muller of Luxembourg to get back to the third round, too. Federer's streak of 36 consecutive major quarterfinals ended at the All England Club with a second-round defeat last year, part of a tumultuous and unpredictable tournament. This year has gone more to form, so far. ''For the most part, the locker room I'm in, it still seems pretty full - where all the seeded players are,'' Isner said. ''It's good to see. It's good for the tournament to have all the big names, especially the top four, still alive.'' --- Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at Reblog Lukas Rosol | Overview | ATP World Tour | Tennis ATP World Tour Prize Money Singles & Doubles combined Latest News Lukas Rosol opens his VTB Kremlin Cup campaign with a straight-sets win over Gerald Melzer.

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5 for Wimbledon STEVE DOUGLAS Share View photos U.S tennis player, Serena Williams arrives for Burberry Prorsum show, during London Men's spring summer fashion collections 2014, in London, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP) More If Rafael Nadal is going to win Wimbledon for a third time, he'll have to do it the hard way. Fresh from winning his eighth French Open, Nadal is seeded only No. 5 at Wimbledon — setting up the possibility of a quarterfinal match against title contenders Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray. The All England Club released the seedings Wednesday for this year's grass-court Grand Slam, which starts Monday. The top five in the ATP rankings remain in their positions: Djokovic at No. 1, followed by Murray, Federer, David Ferrer and Nadal. Nadal slipped down the rankings after being sidelined for about seven months with a left knee injury following his surprise loss to Lukas Rosol in the second round at Wimbledon last year.

The Spaniard has won seven of the nine tournaments he has entered in his comeback — including the French Open last month — but he still fell to No. 5 after Roland Garros behind the man he beat in the final — Ferrer. Wimbledon's seeding order is determined using the ATP rankings and points are added for achievements in grass-court tournaments in the past 12 months. The All England Club could have moved Nadal up to No. 4 ahead of Ferrer but decided to stick to the rankings. The women's seedings follow the WTA rankings, with five-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams at No. 1 and Victoria Azarenka at No. 2. Serena's sister, Venus Williams, withdrew Tuesday, citing a back injury. While Nadal was losing to then-No. 100 Rosol in one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history last year, Ferrer reached the quarterfinals for the first time in 10 attempts before losing in four sets to Murray. Although clay is Ferrer's best surface, he has twice won the Dutch grass-court title at Rosmalen. However, he lost his first-round match there this year to Xavier Malisse on Tuesday.

Nadal may have to beat all of the world's top three players if he is to add to his Wimbledon titles in 2008 and '10, two of his 12 Grand Slam championships. He will find out when the draw is held on Friday. "I'd sign up to be in the quarterfinals against Rafa tomorrow if someone offered me that," Murray said in his column for the BBC website. "You could say if I get through that match, then the semifinal might not be as tough, but if you want to win the biggest tournaments you have to beat the best players in the world. "It doesn't really matter where they are in the draw." Jo-Wilfried Tsonga jumped one spot in the seedings to No. 6, with Tomas Berdych dropping a place to No. 7. Marin Cilic, runner-up at the Queen's Club tournament on Sunday, moves up to No. 10 from an ATP ranking of 12. American player John Isner jumped from 21 to 18.

Reblog 2013 Wimbledon -- Rafael Nadal upset by Belgian Steve Darcis, Roger Federer advances comment LONDON -- In one of Wimbledon's greatest upsets, an ailing Rafael Nadal was knocked out in straight sets Monday by a player ranked 135th -- the Spaniard's first loss in the opening round of a Grand Slam event. Steve Darcis of Belgium stunned the two-time champion 7-6 (4), 7-6 (8), 6-4. He ended Nadal's 22-match winning streak and eliminated one of the Big Four of men's tennis on the first day of the grass-court Grand Slam. In other first-round matches, Roger Federer , Andy Murray , Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and John Isner all advanced. Nadal was sidelined for seven months with a left knee injury after losing in the second round of Wimbledon last year. He seemed to be struggling physically. He was unable to turn on the speed or use his legs to spring into his groundstrokes, limping and failing to run for some shots. Darcis was as surprised as everyone else with the result.

"Rafa Nadal didn't play his best tennis today," the 29-year-old Belgian said. "The first match on grass is always difficult. It's his first one. Of course, it's a big win. I tried to come to the net as soon as I could, not play too far from the baseline. I think it worked pretty good today." Nadal was coming off his eighth championship at the French Open last month, but on this day, he never looked like the player who has won 12 Grand Slam titles and established himself as one of the greatest players of his generation. It's the second straight early Wimbledon exit for Nadal, who was ousted in the second round last year by 100th-ranked Lukas Rosol . After that loss, Nadal took the rest of the year off to recover from the knee problem. Since returning to action this year, he had made it to the finals of all nine tournaments he entered, winning seven. After winning the French Open, Nadal pulled out of a grass-court tuneup in Halle, Germany. He came to Wimbledon without any serious grass-court preparation.

Nadal declined to blame any injury and gave full credit to Darcis, who had never beaten a top-5 player before and has yet to go beyond the third round of any Grand Slam. "I don't ... talk about my knee this afternoon," Nadal said. "Only thing that can say today is congratulate Steve Darcis. He played a fantastic match. Everything that I will say today about my knee is an excuse, and I don't like to put any excuse when I'm losing a match like I lost today." Darcis is the lowest-ranked player to beat Nadal at any tournament since Joachim Johansson -- ranked No. 690 -- defeated the Spaniard in 2006 in Stockholm. Gustavo Kuerten , in 1997, was the last reigning French Open champion to lose in the first round at Wimbledon. "The opponent played well," Nadal said. "I had my chances. I didn't make it. So in grass (it's) difficult to adapt yourself, to adapt your game. When you don't have the chance to play before, I didn't have that chance this year, is tougher.

I didn't find my rhythm." Darcis, who had won only one previous match at Wimbledon, played the match of his life Monday, going for his shots and moving Nadal from corner to corner. Darcis amassed a total of 53 winners, compared with 32 for Nadal. Darcis finished the match in style, serving an ace down the middle -- his 13th -- as Nadal failed to chase after the ball. "Nobody was expecting me to win," he said. "So I had to play a good match, relax, and enjoy the game. That's what I did." Earlier, Federer began his bid for a record eighth title at the All England Club with the same dominance that has defined his grass-court greatness. Ten years after his first Wimbledon championship, Federer opened the tournament on Centre Court as defending champion and looked right at home as he dismantled Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-3, 6-2, 6-0. This was a grass-court clinic from Federer that lasted 68 minutes. He had 32 winners, seven aces and just six unforced errors. He won 90 percent of the points when he put his first serve in.

When his serve is clicking, Federer usually is unbeatable. On this day, he won his first 15 service points and 24 out of the first 25. "I'm happy to get out of there early and quickly," Federer said. "So it was a perfect day." Second-seeded Murray of Britain defeated Benjamin Becker of Germany 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Murray lost to Federer in last year's final. He is bidding again to become the first British man to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936. Murray broke his opponent five times and served 11 aces. "It was a tough start for me. He is a very good grass player," Murray said. "I was ready and to win in three sets was a good start. There's always nerves at the start of a Grand Slam and I'm glad to get it out of the way and hopefully I can improve as it goes on." Sixth-seeded Tsonga of France eased into the second round with a 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-3 win over David Goffin of Belgium.

Tsonga served 18 aces and hit 48 winners on Court 2. Marathon man Isner finished a quick Grand Slam match for a change, beating 66th-ranked Evgeny Donskoy of Russia 6-1, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2). The 6-foot-9 Isner, who is seeded 18th, had 22 aces with just one double-fault. He didn't face a break point. The match took only 1 hour, 43 minutes -- a far cry from Isner's record-breaking 11-plus-hour, 70-68 fifth-set victory over Nicolas Mahut in the first round at the All England Club in 2010. Isner has left each of his past five Grand Slam tournaments with five-set defeats, including at the French Open on June 1, when he saved 12 match points against Tommy Haas before losing the 13th. A year after stunning Nadal at Wimbledon, Rosol lost his first-round match against a qualifier ranked 121st.

Rosol, who came in ranked 35th, was beaten 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-4 Monday by Germany's Julian Reister. The Rosol-Reister match was on tiny Court 19, a short walk from Centre Court, where the then-100th-ranked Rosol pulled off a surprising five-set victory over two-time Wimbledon champion Nadal in 2012's second round. Against Reister, Rosol played the same sort of high-risk game he used so successfully against Nadal. This time, Rosol was not nearly as accurate, accumulating 74 unforced errors, 30 more than Reister. Last year, Federer equaled Pete Sampras and William Renshaw with seven Wimbledon titles. He is contending to become the first man to win the tournament eight times, which would bring his total of Grand Slam titles to 18. In an upset of a smaller scale Monday, former champion Lleyton Hewitt ousted 11th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 6-4, 7-5, 6-3.

Playing his 15th consecutive Wimbledon and his 57th Grand Slam overall, Hewitt made the most of his opponent's mistakes to progress. Wawrinka had 44 unforced errors and exited the tournament in the first round for the fifth time. Hewitt won the title at the All England Club in 2002. In keeping with tradition, Federer had the honor of playing the first match on the sport's biggest stage as the reigning men's champion. This was the seventh time he strode out first on Centre Court. "It's slightly different," he said. "Nine years ago when I came out the first time, it was the most special thing in the world. It still feels amazing. It was an absolute pleasure playing on Centre Court." Federer came out wearing a white collared jacket with orange trim, then quickly got down to business. He never faced a break point and broke six times. Federer has a habit of making things look easy. And so it was in the opening game when, stranded at the net, he reached behind him for a reflex forehand volley that landed in for a winner.

In the third set, Federer lifted a perfect backhand lob over the 6-foot-6 Hanescu for a break and a 5-0 lead. Also advancing among the men were No. 10 Marin Cilic and No. 15 Nicolas Almagro . Janko Tipsarevic , seeded No. 14, lost to fellow Serb Viktor Troicki , 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Question: Which seeded player did Lukas Rosol beat in the second round at Wimbledon in June?
Answer: RAFAEL NADAL